Lysistratus
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Lysistratus was a Greek
sculptor
of the 4th century BC, brother of Lysippus of Sicyon. We are told by Pliny the Elder
that he followed a strongly realistic line, being the first sculptor to take impressions of human faces in plaster.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
sculptor
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
of the 4th century BC, brother of Lysippus of Sicyon. We are told by Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
that he followed a strongly realistic line, being the first sculptor to take impressions of human faces in plaster.